1. Can YOU RECALL the last time you heard the
newsman deliver his piece and you latched on
till the last syllable?
voice over talent
2. Or what about that rousing cry by Brad Pitt who
(melodramatically) exhorted, "Beyond that beach is Immortality Take
it It's YOURS!!" How about that time your lover lustily whispered,
"the Bedroom Now " Instantly, you felt hot all over; not because of
anticipation, but because of her intonation Now, stop, and let's look
at at the other side of the coin Can you already remember that dull
professor who droned on and on And on and on
3. Three cups of black coffee nothwithstanding, and you fell asleep
despite her topic embracing your dearest hobbies? The Voice
Forget about the Pen being Mightier than the Sword The Voice can
rip that Mont Blanc to shreds Over the spectrum of man's history,
4. men deployed SPEECH like a sword Ancient Senators in Greece
used grand rhetoric to craft empires Bill Clinton unleashed charming
soliloquys to entice an entire nation It also got great lovers satisfied
and crafty employees a fat raise So what's the secret to
transforming that rusty vocal weapon into an indomitable Excalibur? I
can give you numerous tips to explode the power of your voice, BUT
THERE's ONE overriding principle Follow it, and all the other tips
automatically come into play Ready for it? ++PASSION++ That's the
key Speak with passion, declaim with authority, sing with desire
ACT AS IF WHAT YOU WERE SAYING CAME FROM THE
BOTTOM OF YOUR HEART And yes, EVEN when you're droning
about yesterday's company stock plunge before the board Act
disinterested, and people will walk halfhearted BUT
5. voice over talent if you delivery with intensity, I'm damned
confident you'll rouse the masses to your selfish cause I know, coz
it's how I rally the troops Don't drone " Yesteryear's poor
performance resulted from lackluster product development due to
underfunding of the budget department and aggressive performance
from the competitor" Yuch That's a poor performance speech right
there Instead, kick up the rhetoric with blazing action words that
create images, sounds and pictures Flood you voice with gusto, as
you say, " Okay, I know we're all REELING from the kicking we took
last year Its smarts AND we deserve it Why? We ABANDONED
product devlopment and sat on our fat butts of the previous years
That gave our opponents room to CHARGE in and CHECKMATE us
into a corner Is this how it's to be? Gentlemen, we act now or we
perish " Okay, it's melodramatic, but you get my point, don't you?
Okay, a few more pieces of advice 1) Speak from the diaphragm
6. Tom Vizzni mentions that quite a lot If the voice emanates from the
throat or the nose, you'll sound pathetic To ensure that the voice is
diaphragmatic, press down on your tummy as you practice speaking
If you feel it rumbling, you'll know that you're drawing from the lower
levels to vastly and naturally explode the resonance of your voice
You'll sound ooohh so sexxxy 2) Slouch and you're dead Your
posture adds and detracts from your vocal command Imagine a
hidden puppet master perpetually pulling your strings UPWARDS
Try speaking Abe Lincoln's "Four Score and Seven Years Ago" while
standing straight AND slouching like a whipped dog You'll see the
7. difference DON'T BE LAZY Do it RIGHT now! 3) Pepper your
words with Action words Trash the vague abstractions and passive
sentence structures- people will lapse into trance and space out
8. Say, "Mike SLAMMED open the door in disgust He seethed with
fury " Don't say "The door was opened my Mike and he was mad "
Geez 4) Finally, LISTEN and let PEOPLE speak Communications is
about saying your spiel as fast as you can, then gaining feedback
You and I would hate the speaker who hogs the floor, woudn't we? I
walked out of a Microsoft Convention for Networking Idiots Like Me
at the Hotel Shangri-La because the speaker spoke straight for two
hours without a forum or even a single question thrown at the
audience Respect your listeners by listening and gaining feedback
Feedback is gold ADVANCED LESSONS Okay, from now on, take
note of your favorite anchor people Watch how they report Ask
yourself how you could speak with such charisma, and HOW you
can do it even *better
